294. Oh Come, Thou Stricken Lamb of God

L.M.
by W.C. Dessler, tr. by Wesley
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Oh come, Thou stricken Lamb of God!
 
Who shed’st for us Thine own life-blood,
 
And teach us all Thy love — then pain
 
In life were sweet, and death were gain.
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” (Isaiah 53:4)
“He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.” (Isaiah 53:8)
“Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.” (Luke 22:20)
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21)
2
Take Thou our hearts, and let them be
 
Forever closed to all but Thee;
 
Thy willing servants, let us wear
 
The seal of love forever there.
3
How blest are they who still abide,
 
Close sheltered by Thy watchful side;
 
Who life and strength from Thee receive,
 
And with Thee move, and in Thee live.
“Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.” (Psalm 63:7)
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” (Acts 17:28)
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Ah, Lord! enlarge our scanty thought,
 
To know the wonders Thou hast wrought;
 
Unloose our stammering tongues to tell
 
Thy love, immense, unsearchable.
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love. May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height. And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17-19)
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Firstborn of many brethren, Thou!
 
To whom both heaven and earth must bow;
 
Heirs of Thy shame and of Thy throne,
 
We bear Thy cross and seek Thy crown.
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29)
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” (Philippians 2:10)
“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.” (2 Timothy 2:12)
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” (1 Corinthians 9:25)
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